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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tremolo
Espressivo
Nonet
Ornaments
2. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Symphony
Intonation
Relative pitch
Medley
3. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Triad
Medley
Vivace
Madrigal
4. The structure of a piece of music.
Encore
Form
Scordatura
Cadenza
5. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Vibrato
Temperament
Voice
Conductor
6. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Energico
Pitch
Castrato
Triple time
7. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Round
Scherzo
Virtuoso
Exposition
8. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Ornaments
EnharmonicInterval
Cantata
Ricercar
9. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Contralto
Polytonality
Theme
Notation
10. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Suite
Refrain
Fugue
Fourth
11. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Vivace
Pitch
Classicism
Etude
12. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Trio
Grave
Timbre
Sonatina
13. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Voice
Musette
Fugue
Ricercar
14. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Key signature
Concerto
Interval
Fifth
15. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Orchestration
Stretto
EnharmonicInterval
16. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Theme
Opus
Chorale
Song cycle
17. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Fugue
Cantabile
Rondo
Movement
18. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Concert master
Choir
Requiem
19. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Notation
Orchestration
Chromatic scale
Whole note
20. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Encore
Piano
Musette
Round
21. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Monotone
Interval
Classicism
Tune
22. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Timbre
Sonatina
Drone
Interlude
23. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Nonet
Polyphony
Ornaments
Chamber music
24. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Tone less
Classical
Ricercar
Reprise
25. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Voice
Movement
Resonance
Sonatina
26. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
March
Adagio
Madrigal
Da Capo
27. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Musicology
Phrase
Introduction
Reprise
28. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Gavotte
Symphony
Cantabile
Conductor
29. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Instrumentation
Neoclassical
Homophony
Vivace
30. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Presto
Tempo
Clavier
Courante
31. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Fifth
Sonatina
Slide
Parody
32. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Atonal
Measure
Recital
33. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Song cycle
EnharmonicInterval
Opera
A cappella
34. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Octet
Modes
Concert master
Instrumentation
35. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Intermezzo
Counterpoint
Motif
Chorale
36. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Concerto
Fermata
Cadenza
37. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Sonatina
Interlude
Flat
Ligature
38. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Intonation
Accelerando
Pitch
Tutti
39. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Development
Introduction
Soprano
Key signature
40. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Expressionism
Pentatonic Scale
Vibrato
Musicology
41. The structure of a piece of music.
Rigaudon
Renaissance
Musicology
Form
42. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Quartet
Tremolo
Vibrato
Leitmotif
43. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Octet
Chamber music
Energico
44. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Romantic
Tritone
Tonic
Ricercar
45. A short light musical drama.
Chord progression
Operetta
Rococo
Waltz
46. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Capriccio
Waltz
Counterpoint
47. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Natural
Major
Chamber music
Resonance
48. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
System
Chorale
Portamento
49. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Adagio
Rigaudon
Unison
Clavier
50. To shift to another key.
Whole-tone scale
Modulation
Sextet
Renaissance